Chapter 649 You Must Like Me

"It seems that not only is the young master not very bright, but his hearing is also not very good. I say, you are far inferior to Gu Qianhan."

Shen Wantang looked at Xiao Qingyuan coldly: "Oh, right, it seems your memory has also become quite faulty. When I visited the Ning Prince's residence before, the young master said in front of all the women that you would not marry anyone but Liu Nanshi. How long has it been? How could you have changed your mind? The young master seems very unreliable!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face turned slightly pale: "I haven't changed my mind, I was just deceived by Liu Nanshi! And you, you were also deceived by Gu Qianhan. He's not a good person at all, he's much more ruthless than me, he's not a good match for me at all!"

"I don't know if he's a good match, but at least he's not like the Crown Prince, who falls in love with every girl he meets and changes his mind faster than he changes his face."

As Shen Wantang spoke, she glanced at Shen Guannian again and casually said, "Moreover, the marriage was arranged by my father. He personally chose Gu Qianhan as his son-in-law. If Gu Qianhan really had problems, my father would not have let me marry him. He has always loved his daughter and would not push her into a fire pit."

Shen Guannian was suddenly lifted up by her, and the words he wanted to reprimand Shen Wantang suddenly became impossible to utter!

"Lord Shen."

Xiao Qingyuan finally stopped calling him "father-in-law." "Tell me," he said, "why did you choose the Duke's mansion when both our Ning Prince's mansion and the Duke's mansion proposed marriage at the same time? Could it be that you look down on our Ning Prince's mansion?"

Shen Guannian's forehead was slightly sweaty. He quickly said, "Your Highness, what are you saying? The Ning Prince's Mansion is one of the most prestigious families in the capital. How could I possibly look down on the Ning Prince's Mansion? I'd love to befriend them!"

"Oh, so you look down on me, the heir of the Prince of Ning?"

"How could that be! The young master is handsome and of such distinguished birth. Which family in the capital with a daughter wouldn't want to marry her to him?"

"Then why did you choose Gu Qianhan and not me?!"

"this……"

Shen Guannian sighed and glanced at Shen Wantang before saying, "Your Highness, you don't know this, but that Second Young Master Gu is completely unreasonable. One night, he came to our residence and forced me to agree to marry Tang'er to him! If I didn't agree, he would beat me and even try to kill me. In order to save my life, I had no choice but to make Tang'er suffer."

Xiao Qingyuan was shocked: "Gu Qianhan is a madman, he actually wants to kill his future father-in-law?"

Shen Wantang frowned: "Father, are you making this up? How come I don't know anything about this?"

Shen Guannian looked at her irritably: "Of course you don't know. He was afraid you would find out, so he came in the middle of the night with a bunch of his men. They were very aggressive and domineering! Moreover, he forbade me from telling you about this. So, just pretend you don't know anything and don't ask him, or I'm afraid I'll get another beating from him!"

Shen Wantang was stunned. She carefully observed Shen Guannian's expression and tone and found that he did not seem to be lying!

The fear in his eyes and the hatred in his tone were so real; it was definitely not an act.

No wonder. Shen Guannian had previously thought of having the Duke's Mansion and the Prince of Ning's Mansion compete for the marriage proposal, and whoever offered the highest price and the most benefits would receive the best offer. But later, he stopped mentioning any benefits and directly agreed to the marriage with the Duke's Mansion.

She had found it strange before that he didn't want the benefits anymore; it turns out he was beaten by Gu Qianhan?!

"Shen Wantang, now you know what kind of person Gu Qianhan really is, right? He'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals!"

Xiao Qingyuan seized the opportunity to kick someone when they were down: "If you marry him, you'll definitely have a terrible life! He's just that cold-blooded and doesn't know how to cherish women at all!"

Shen Wantang didn't speak, because she actually felt that it wasn't a good thing for a man to be too chivalrous towards women.

Just like Xiao Qingyuan, in his past life he pitied every woman, even the daughter of the corrupt official Ye Zhongli. He pitied her so much that he took her back to the palace and went around seeking justice for her father.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Qingyuan thought she was wavering, so he changed to a gentle tone and said, "Tang'er, you shouldn't marry him. Marry me instead!"

Shen Wantang flatly refused: "I will not marry you, I do not like you."

"I know you might have some misunderstandings about me. After all, I always said I wanted to marry Liu Nanshi, so it's normal for you to mistakenly think I like Liu Nanshi. But I'm telling you now very seriously and responsibly, I don't like Liu Nanshi. The person I like is you!"

"I have no misunderstanding about you. No matter who you like, I don't like you!"

"So you're just being stubborn with me? You're upset that I embarrassed you in public at the Prince's residence?"

"You're overthinking it. I'm not being stubborn. I just really don't like you! Don't flatter yourself. Just leave our house and don't ever come back again!"

"I don't believe it. You definitely like me, you just won't admit it."

Shen Wantang: "..."

In her past life, she watched coldly as Xiao Qingyuan always angered Princess Ning to the point of jumping up and down, even vomiting blood, without feeling much.

In this life, she finally got her comeuppance, and she finally understood the devastation Princess Ning experienced back then.

Unfortunately, Xiao Qingyuan was completely oblivious to her breakdown and continued talking to himself.

Shen Guannian also spoke up for him, giving the impression that he was selling himself to two women.

Shen Wantang finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on her mind: "Father, do you want to break off the engagement? Aren't you afraid of the Duke's Mansion's wrath? Aren't you afraid that Gu Qianhan will beat you up again? Do you think that with the Prince of Ning's Mansion and the Young Master Xiao protecting you, everything will be fine?"

However, Shen Guannian said confidently, "How could I possibly break off the engagement? If anyone should break off the engagement, it should be you. If you insist on marrying Prince Xiao, what can Gu Qianhan do to you?"

"Young Master Xiao is far more sincere than Gu Qianhan. The moment he arrived, he brought me some incredibly good news: I, your father, have been reinstated! Tang'er, you were deeply moved by this good news, which is why you broke off the engagement. That makes perfect sense!"

"Moreover, Prince Xiao is so gentle and polite, and extremely considerate and patient with you. He is much more humane than Gu Qianhan, who is cold and ruthless. He is the kind of good man to live with. Naturally, you fell for him at first sight!"

“You’ve fallen for Prince Xiao and don’t want to marry Gu Qianhan. As his father, there’s nothing I can do. Even if Gu Qianhan comes after me later, I won’t back down! If he wants to blame himself, he can blame himself for not winning your heart, not me!”

Shen Wantang felt her blood rushing to her head, wishing she could beat up Shen Guannian just like Gu Qianhan!

He really is her father! He's so calculating, he managed to absolve himself of all responsibility and push all the blame onto his daughter!

No wonder he was fearless; it turns out he had planned this all along to push her out to vent his anger on the Duke's mansion and Gu Qianhan!